"Checkmate" -32 inch by 50 inch Airbrushed on stretched canvas. I wanted to push my painting skill in the area of automotive work. I also am starting to play with the idea of having close ups of vehicles with a combimantion of focused and unfocused area to achieve an almost abstract quality about the piece until people realize what it is. In this case, it a grill and headlights from a 1953 Cadillac Eldorado.

I want to thank a good friend for allowing me to paint from his photo for this piece- Finhead4ever- [link] . The original photo is here- [link]

Never know, are you self trained or have you taken a class or two? I was self taught for the first 5 years and did pretty well, then took a class at DMACC to ramp up my skills more quickly and give myself structured time to paint every week.